Chuck Grassley

Chuck Grassley was born Sept. 17, 1933, in New Hartford, Iowa. He is married to Barbara
Speicher since 1954. The have five children, Lee, Wendy, Robin, Michele, and Jay. He is a farmer,
though currently his son Robin operates the family farm. Grassley is a Babtist

Grassley was sheet metal shearer from 1959-1961, and an assembly line worker from
1961-1971. He was elected to the Iowa Legislature in 1958 to the U.S. House of Representatives
in 1974, and the U.S. Senate in 1980.